Jake Rayson · @natureworks
956 followers · 3449 posts · Server mas.to
Without some thought & a plan, letting your lawn go will mean “weediness”* and ultimately scrubland.
This is fine, for scrubland & wild areas but in the built environment, a lack of design intention will aggravate neighbours & turn them against #WildlifeGardens & #NativePlants.
Luckily, I am a #Wildlife #FoodForest #GardenDesigner & it’s my job go think, plan & design 😎
*weediness means it looks a mess, it does *not* mean native plants or #WildFlowers.
https://www.monarchgard.com/thedeepmiddle/letting-your-lawn-go-is-not-the-answer
#wildflowers #gardendesigner #foodforest #wildlife #nativeplants #wildlifegardens
Jake Rayson · @natureworks
930 followers · 3323 posts · Server mas.to
I am a #Wildlife #FoodForest #GardenDesigner. Low-maintenance, high-wildlife gardens & remote design a speciality 🌳 💚 https://www.natureworks.org.uk/portfolio/
#gardendesigner #foodforest #wildlife
NancyWallaceGA · @NancyWallaceGA
318 followers · 1030 posts · Server mastodon.social
Planning for an upcoming project: these large, green steel planters will need to be completely emptied before I can refill them. No drainage holes were ever placed in them and you can only imagine what's happened here after a year.... whew! Stinky, standing water and dead plants in sludge. But no worries. I'm already working on replacement options.
#gardening #ContainerGardens #ContainerGardenDesign #GardeningMastodon #plants #horticulture #Buckhead #GardenDesigner #drawing
#gardening #containergardens #containergardendesign #GardeningMastodon #plants #horticulture #buckhead #gardendesigner #drawing
Jake Rayson · @natureworks
784 followers · 2188 posts · Server mas.to@JimmyB @kathimmel @blackenedgreen actual plant-insect interactions v complex. See Database of Insects & their Food Plants http://dbif.brc.ac.uk/hosts.aspx in combo with Plant Atlas https://plantatlas.brc.ac.uk/
As #FoodForest #GardenDesigner, I advocate planting edible non-natives all the time, key point is *native plants where possible* ie in terms of biomass & diveristy eg windbreak hedges, ground cover.
Also, design in *habitat diversity* See John Little's amazing work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_AzlRC6TBI
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
617 followers · 512 posts · Server mindly.social
#January 1, 1944
#OTD Sir Edwin "Ned" Lutyens, English #Architect, died.
In #Midlife, he started working w/ #Gertrude Jekyll & together, they created #Stunning English #Country Garden properties.
#Deanery Garden is arguably Ned's best country home;
#LedZeppelin #Guitarist Jimmy Page now owns it.
Ned wrote:
No #Artist has so wide a #Palette as the #GardenDesigner,
and no artist is in greater need of #Discretion and #Reserve.
#january #otd #architect #midlife #gertrude #stunning #country #deanery #ledzeppelin #guitarist #artist #palette #gardendesigner #discretion #reserve #architecture #gardening #gardener
NancyWallaceGA · @NancyWallaceGA
83 followers · 125 posts · Server mastodon.social
As a garden designer, my work often follows me into the kitchen where I obsessively put gardenscapes on just about anything: salads, pizzas, mac and cheese (pictured), soups (floating gardens), dinner rolls and focaccia. This happens more often during the holidays when I have time off. This is my therapy.
#cooking #homecooking #foodie #gardenscapes #PlayWithFood #vegetarian #GardenDesign #GardenDesigner
#cooking #homecooking #foodie #Gardenscapes #playwithfood #vegetarian #gardendesign #gardendesigner
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
430 followers · 314 posts · Server mindly.social
#December 4, 1896
#OTD Edna Walling, #Australian #GardenDesigner & #Writer, is born.
Edna's #Naturalistic #Gardens never felt #Contrived or overly planned.
Edna #Randomly threw #Potatoes on the ground, & planted #Trees in those spots.
Even if potatoes landed almost on top of each other, Edna let the chips (or #PotatoChips 😂) fall where they may.
Edna embraced the #Beauty of #Random.
#Landscape #Design #Gardener #Plants #Flowers #DesignTricks #Hack #Nature #Wild
#GardenersofMastodon
#December #otd #australian #gardendesigner #writer #Naturalistic #gardens #contrived #randomly #potatoes #trees #potatochips #beauty #random #landscape #design #gardener #plants #flowers #designtricks #hack #nature #wild #gardenersofmastodon
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
429 followers · 312 posts · Server mindly.social
#December 4, 1896
#OTD Edna Walling, #Australian #GardenDesigner & #Writer, is born.
Peter Watts, an Edna biographer, wrote,
"[Edna] would be regarded now as a bit old-fashioned.
She was a #Gardener's #Designer - a brilliant #Plantswoman who understood the subtleties of
#Gardening and #design...
Edna always thought #Gardens should be just a bit #Bigger than they needed, so that you couldn't #Control them entirely."
#Wild #Wildflower #Weeds
#Gardening #Garden #GardenersofMastodon #Nature
#December #otd #australian #gardendesigner #writer #gardener #designer #plantswoman #gardening #design #gardens #bigger #control #wild #wildflower #weeds #garden #gardenersofmastodon #nature
Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
428 followers · 311 posts · Server mindly.social
#December 4, 1896
#OTD Edna Walling, #Australian #GardenDesigner & #Writer, is born.
She worked for 4 decades (1920-1960) & made 300+ #Gardens.
After advocating for #Native #Plants (she was ahead of her #TIme), she wrote about the #Backlash:
[I got a letter addressed to me] as "Dear Anti-#Annual!"
Oooooh, what have I said?
Something rude about Iceland #Poppies or #Asters?
How narrow-minded of me.
#Conservation #Gardening #Garden #Gardener #GardenersofMastodon #Nature #Flowers #Perennials
#December #otd #australian #gardendesigner #writer #gardens #native #plants #time #backlash #annual #poppies #asters #conservation #gardening #garden #gardener #gardenersofmastodon #nature #flowers #perennials
NancyWallaceGA · @NancyWallaceGA
31 followers · 28 posts · Server mastodon.social
One of my favorite times of the year: Amaryllis season! I've got a bunch of them this year, including a couple of new ones. There's nothing better than having an indoor garden full of flowers in January and February.
#Amaryllis
#Gardening
#Gardener
#AmaryllisAddict
#Bulbs
#Bulb
#ChristmasPlants
#Plants
#GardenDesigner
#amaryllis #gardening #gardener #amaryllisaddict #bulbs #bulb #christmasplants #plants #gardendesigner
Stefano Marigliani :verified: · @stefanomarigliani
12 followers · 24 posts · Server mastodon.uno
Ti sarà capitato di girare in auto, parcheggiare sul ciglio della strada, scendere al volo, scattare una foto e poi subito ripartire.
Val d'Orcia, teatro perfetto per i cipressi che impreziosiscono il paesaggio sinuoso, proprio qui, sono state girate alcune scene del colossal "Il Gladiatore".
#StefanoMariglianiPhotography
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#toscana #tuscany #italia #italy #cipresso #gardendesigner #gardening #valdorcia #perspective #prospettiva #empty #agriturismo #sanquiricodorcia #ilgladiatore
#ilgladiatore #sanquiricodorcia #agriturismo #empty #prospettiva #perspective #valdorcia #gardening #gardendesigner #cipresso #italy #italia #tuscany #toscana #stefanomariglianiphotography
NancyWallaceGA · @NancyWallaceGA
6 followers · 2 posts · Server mastodon.social
I know this will likely get lost in the feed, but after planting hundreds of tulips the past couple of weeks, sometimes when I'm alone I go out to my garden and cover myself with dirt and leaves and pretend I'm a tulip.
#tulipmania #gardening #gardendesigner #bulbseason
#tulipmania #gardening #gardendesigner #bulbseason